Big Rock Red Rock Flanders Red
Big Rock Chop & Brewhouse

650 mL bottle poured into a snifter.

Appearance - Deep amber body. Hazy. Big khaki head. Thick collar.

Smell - A little oxidized. Caramel malt. Smells bretty, which is odd. Vinegar acidity.

Taste - Caramel malt. Less sour than the nose made me think it would be. Some vinegary sourness, but more brett. A little bit of oxidation in the back end.

Mouthfeel - High carbonation. Dry. Medium sourness.

Overall - Too old. Some decent flavors back there, though.

 

 

 

 

Thanks to my dad for picking this one up.

A - Pours a beautiful deep amber with a bit of garnet, and one and a half fingers of light tan head. Head settles pretty quickly, but leaves some nice lacing.

S - A nice fruity tartness, mostly sour cherries, not very vinegary, with a decent earthy funk component as well. Oak is also noticeable in the aroma.

T - Very tart initially, with a big sour cherry presence and very faint lemon, with malts balancing things out in the middle and bringing in a bit of sweetness. The finish is quite oaky and earthy.

M - Medium mouthfeel has a slight sweetness in the middle, but finishes tart, earthy and dry.

O - Nice Flanders Red, if a bit too sweet to be great. i'd still have this again, especially from a small local brewery.

 

 

Thanks for this one, Steve.

The pour is red in color with a fizzy off-white head. A nice aroma to this one. I get some hints of cherry as well as mild vinegar to with some slight funk of straw, grass, and oak. A touch of fruit, too. The flavor has a little raspberry and strawberry along with some sweet malt. A moderate tartness with only a touch of vinegar. Medium bodied with high carbonation.

Bottle shared by Andrew (womendcantsail), thanks.

1/22/2012

A: Reddish brown with a small white head.

S: Vinegar and bready malt with a little dark fruit that reminds me of plum and black cherry. There's a touch of vanilla.

T: Plum and currant with a light acetic acidity. I get vinegar and a little vanilla. The finish is tart and dry.

M: Medium body with a nice upper medium carbonation level.

Overall: A pretty good Flanders Red.

 

 

This was an extra courtesy of ThomasHardy from our in person trade at the FFF XV party.
Thanks!

Served in tulips and shared with my wife and her brother mike who I've turned into a BA a long tine ago (his user name is godin64bit).

Purplish red body with a tan head. Nice looking beer with spotty chunks of lacing left behind.

Smells of sour cherries, some oak, and some malts.

The flavor hits the same notes as the nose, but in reverse order-- starts with sweet malt, then sour cherries with a nice dry acidic tartness.

Slightly overcarbonated, but otherwise nice. Just a touch thin.

Overall, this is surprisingly good... Not world class, and no where as good as Rodenbach, but not a bad beer-- especially coming from such a small place.

 

 

Appearance: Pours a murky cranberry/rust color with a few inches of foam (foam slowly gushed out of the bottle, as well); streaky lacing, too

Smell: Tartness abounds, with sour cherry, red wine vinegar and quite a bit of oak

Taste: Tart cherries drenched in vinegar at the opening, with oak and a hint of vanilla developing by mid-palate; some earthy depth, after the swallow, accompanied by a fruity element that complements the tartness

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: A great example of the style; I chilled it down to deal with the expected gushing; at first the tartness was overwhelming but as it warmed the fruit came into balance

Thanks, FlandersNed, for the opportunity

Thanks to LIVEFAST for opening this.

Big Rock Red Rock Flanders Red pours a dark dried blood red with brown spots. Some soapy textured small cap up top leaving some sticks. Smell is a mix of vinegar and certain fruit currant, plum, tart apple. Taste is mouth puckering with some plum and apple, a dash of cherry. Vinegar takes a backseat to a nice currant taste, kinda like consecration. Oak and some faint smooth vanilla. Feel is quite accidic, battery acid like yet tart and quite puckering. Medium bodied with bubbles. A great take on the style.

Poured from a 22oz. bottle into a Captain Lawrence snifter. Shared with schen9303.

A: Standard pour yields a massive, thick, 4 finger cream colored head with amazing retention. Beer is a semi-clear reddish-clay. Lacing is thick and patchy but sparse and with moderate cling. Head retention is really amazing on this one.

S: Nose is sweet cherry, vinegar, some straw notes, and spicy yeast. Exceedingly aromatic and enticing.

T: Opens slightly metallic. Sour cherries, raspberries, and other tart red fruit. Some funky notes towards the middle with some cobweb, wet hay, and straw. Yeasty bitterness lingers in the back. End is slightly vinegary and strongly acidic with a tart finish and a sticky sweet and tart red fruit aftertaste. Except for the metallic part in the beginning, very solid.

M: Light to medium bodied and highly carbonated. Lively and a bit puckering in the mouth but strangely smooth. Filmy and smooth going down. Finish is slightly messy with a sticky aftertaste. Standard.

O: I'm rather impressed by this beer that I've never heard of before. Definitely under the radar and worth giving a shot if you ever come upon it.

Bomber into a Weyerbacher tulip. Thanks to Chris for sharing this obscure beer.

A: Gusher. Once it settles enough to pour it yields a clear chestnut body with a thin, coarse tan head that settles into a ring. Pretty nice.

S: Bright, intense sour nose brims with vinegar, cherries, vanilla, and cranberries. Excellent.

T: Opens with cherry and vanilla, followed by dry tartness, cranberry astringency, and tannins. Very dry, very astringent, and yet quite tasty.

M: Smooth medium body with modest carbonation.

D: Clean, dry, and unfortunately harsh.

Notes: This one was interesting. Amazing, authentic sweet/sour aroma (emphasis on the sour, gladly), and yet too much bitter astringency on the palate. That said, I'd rather have a Flanders Red challenge me with sharp tannins and bitter fruit than just drown everything in syrupy sweetness.

Cheers!

Had this on tap at Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Fest and out of the bottle. Review is from on tap.

Pours a fizzy tan head. Color is an orange hued brown.

Aroma: Cherries, oak, sour flavors and some spice. This is a very solid smelling Flanders.

Taste: Sour and funky. Tart cherries, earthy funk, oak, vanilla and spices. This is very solid.

Mouthfeel: Sour and tart. Medium bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. Ends dry and sour.

Overall, this is an amazing Flanders red. Very drinkable and the flavors that should be seen in the style. A good amount of sour/tartness as well. I am very impressed.